Atlas of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

Summary

This article reviews the National Atlas of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, published in 1973 by the Institute of Geography at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and other institutions. The atlas represents a major achievement in Bulgarian geography and cartography, systematically presenting the country's physical and human geography during its socialist construction period. The review details the atlas's organizational framework, design specifications, thematic structure (divided into physical and economic geography, comprising 242 maps in total), scale system, and cartographic methods. It provides a professional assessment of the atlas's content, information presentation, and technical details such as projections, legends, and border treatments, affirming its scientific value while also noting certain shortcomings.